An armed boat from HMS Hazard seizes a beachcomber who had murdered another white man.

What happened

The British warship HMS Hazard, under Commander F. P. Egerton, arrested a beachcomber who had murdered another white man and paid one of the chiefs 24 lb of tobacco for fresh water. Hezel describes Pohnpei’s early beach community as violent, with frequent murders and quarrels among the whites.